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CFPB extends 1071 compliance deadlines

Jun 18, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published an interim final rule to extend its 1071 small-business reporting rule’s compliance and reporting dates.

Agencies request information on targeting payments fraud

Jun 17, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA applauded the federal banking agencies for announcing a request for comment on potential actions to help consumers, businesses, and financial institutions mitigate risk of payments fraud, with a particular focus on check fraud.

FATF updates money laundering, terrorist financing lists

Jun 17, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The Financial Action Task Force updated its lists of countries monitored for deficiencies in their efforts to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing.

FDIC updates rates and rate caps

Jun 17, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The FDIC’s national rates and rate caps for savings accounts, interest checking accounts, money market accounts, and CDs have been updated and are available on the FDIC website.

Senate unanimously passes ICBA-advocated ‘trigger leads’ bill

Jun 16, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA-advocated legislation to curb the use of mortgage “trigger leads” last week passed the Senate by unanimous consent after the House Financial Services Committee advanced its version of the measure.

Troy Cullen joins ICBA Payments and TCM Bank

Jun 16, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA Payments announced the appointment of Troy Cullen as executive vice president and chief revenue officer for the organization and its agent bank, TCM Bank N.A.

ICBA shares customizable news release for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Jun 13, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA CRA Solutions marked World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by equipping community bankers with tools such as a customizable news release on ICBA’s Media Resource Center.

Independent Banker shares 7 traits of a great leader

Jun 12, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The latest Independent Banker magazine shares the seven traits of great leaders that help build a stronger community bank.

ICBA continues urging grassroots outreach on ACRE Act

Jun 12, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA continues calling on community bankers to use its Be Heard Grassroots Action Center to ask senators to co-sponsor the Access to Credit for our Rural Economy (ACRE) Act (S. 838) and preserve and expand ACRE in the Senate’s reconciliation tax bill.

ICBA-advocated bill on mortgage ‘trigger leads’ advances in House

Jun 12, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
As reported in Wednesday’s NewsWatch Today, the House Financial Services Committee this week voted to advance several ICBA-advocated bills.

Check fraud prevention flyers now available from ICBA

Jun 11, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
Community bankers can now order physical copies of a check fraud prevention flyer to distribute to customers.

House panel passes three ICBA-backed bills

Jun 11, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The House Financial Services Committee voted to advance ICBA-advocated bills to ban trigger leads, change threshold requirements for small bank holding companies, and support small financial institutions.